Chapter 104: ☆For a Lifetime, Until Death, Even in Death
In a room of the church.
In a room that high-ranking people would likely stay in, I was sitting on a king-sized bed and feeling extremely troubled.
"Warm..."
"Atla has a relieved expression."
"That’s good."
"Um, next... me too..."
Between my open legs Atla was sitting with her back to me, and I had both arms wrapped around her stomach, hugging her.
Atla’s large breasts rested on top of my arms, and I was working hard so that my lower half would not react.
Mayor, Nitchi, and Sera, sitting on the sofa in front of us, were watching with slightly flushed cheeks.
Atla repeatedly touched the arms wrapped around her stomach and had been murmuring in a relieved voice for a while.
The fabric of the nun habit transmitted the sensation of her skin through my wrapped arms so clearly that I wanted to ask if it had always been this thin.
The reason things had come to this started, apparently, from when I went to Suzuya to report that we were safe.
I say "apparently" because I heard it from Mayor when we arrived at the church and were guided to the room.
When I reported that we were safe to Nimi and Elysia, Mayor and Nitchi began talking with the two.
Then they were asked by Nimi and Elysia to go to the church and listen to their consultation, so I tilted my head and looked at Mayor and Nitchi.
I had thought we were only going there to hug, so I thought that if they had worries they should have just told me earlier.
I cheerfully agreed and visited the church with Mayor and Nitchi.
Then, before hugging, because I was very sweaty I tried to change clothes, and I was recommended the church bath and ended up entering it.
I entered the bath together with Dil, who happened to be there, and while chatting about the progress of training, advice, and other things, we got out.
And the room I was guided to in order to rest my body after the bath was this one.
From there the four came to the room and hugged me in turn, but because Atla said she was scared and embarrassed, we ended up in the current position.
"Atla, if you were scared, you didn’t have to do it, right?"
"No, right now I’m not scared. I feel safe..."
"...I see."
I smiled a little in relief at Atla’s state and breathed a sigh.
A little time had passed since she was attacked in Santony, but it seemed it had still become a fear.
At first she touched my body timidly; I did not resist and let her do as she pleased, giving her freedom.
And in the end, because she said a frontal embrace was a little scary, it became a form of hugging from behind.
Because the four including Atla were not wearing their sister veils, their scents rose from the hair that came in front of my eyes at that height.
The four’s scents had a fresh smell like waterside, and I became aware that my heart was becoming clear.
Added to that, their body scents made me want to smell them even more.
While enduring the impulse to bury my face in the silky hair fluttering in front of my eyes, I directed my gaze at Mayor and spoke.
"Speaking of which, I was late in thanking you for the Suzuya matter. Thank you."
"No, I was thinking that if there was something I could do in return... and I also had ulterior motives."
"...Mayor is bad at hiding things, isn’t she."
"Eh... ah, yes... that’s right."
Mayor, who had said "ulterior motives," noticed her own words, bashfully flushed her face red, and looked down.
Nitchi and Sera smiled at that and poked both of Mayor’s cheeks from either side.
Then Atla, who I had thought was being quiet, released my arms, stood up, and turned her body this way.
With flushed cheeks and moist eyes she looked into my eyes and asked.
"Um, is it all right to think that you have noticed?"
"...I’m not so insensitive as to think that I’m not being shown affection after being treated like this. It’s fine to think that I am being shown affection, right?"
Atla bashfully flushed her face red and gave a small nod; the three sitting behind her also nodded in the same way.
The one thing that bothered me a little was whether the Holy Country of Kael — or rather the church — was not strict about romance.
When one hears "church," one inevitably gets the impression that the rules are strict.
When I asked the four about it, Mayor stood up, sat to my right, and began explaining.
During church training they are strict about romance, but once one becomes a Sister and goes out to various places it is relaxed.
However, when becoming lovers or a married couple, the man is made to take a strict promise.
After explaining that much, Mayor averted her gaze with a red face; I grew curious, tilted my head, and peered at Mayor’s face.
"A promise?"
"For a lifetime, until death, even in death, you must never leave, you know~"
While Mayor was having difficulty saying it, Nitchi had at some point come to the left side and pressed her breasts against my arm as she spoke.
My arm was pressed as if sandwiched in the valley of her breasts, and the soft, enveloping sensation felt good.
How many times do I have to have my reason tested? I muttered in my heart, smiled wryly, and spoke.
"Isn’t that normal?"
"...I’m surprised. There are people who run away, you know?"
"Like a contract...?"
"That’s right~"
Nitchi smiled softly and strengthened her hug as if she would not let me escape.
A shadow fell in front of my eyes; when I looked up, Atla was looking down at me, touching both of my cheeks with both hands, and speaking.
With moist eyes and flushed cheeks, as if asking if it was truly all right.
"...It’s for a lifetime, you know?"
"On the contrary, I will never let go for a lifetime."
Hearing my words, Atla first made a slightly surprised expression, then immediately smiled.
Then she hugged my head and of her own accord buried my face in her breasts that were the size of watermelons.
My face was buried in the valley of her breasts, and I felt the soft yet firm sensation of her breasts with my face.
At the same time Atla’s scent filled me, and from above my head Atla murmured in a slightly feverish voice.
"Yes, please don’t let go."
"Ah, unfair~"
"Happy... isn’t it..."
"Um, me too!"
At the voices I heard from around me and the heartbeat of Atla’s breasts transmitted through my face, I smiled while remaining buried.
To express the feeling that I was happy they were happy through action, I wrapped both arms around Atla’s waist and pulled her closer.
As a result my face was buried even deeper in her breasts, and a slightly surprised voice from Atla reached my ears.
After a while when I released my body, Atla bashfully averted her eyes, and the three were looking at Atla with envious expressions.
When Mayor said she wanted me to stay overnight at the church today, I smiled and nodded.
We surrounded the dinner table with Dil and the others and Mayor and the others, and I spent an enjoyable time listening to advice on training the body and stories about the sisters.
I was told to use the room where I had hugged Mayor and the others as the room to stay in; I changed into light nightclothes and looked around the room.
No matter how many times I look at this room, there is a luxury that one probably could not experience at the Suzuya inn.
It is not that expensive-looking things are placed or that it is like a noble’s mansion.
The wood is carved and decorated as if arranged by the church, overflowing with elegance.
The same is true of the bed posts; if you look closely you can see decorations in various places.
When I tried to move to the sofa to calm my mood, there was a knock on the door and I tilted my head.
The time was past 10 PM, a time when the Sisters and Dil and the others would be going to sleep.
While finding it suspicious I answered and opened the door; I was astonished and dazed by the figure of the person standing there.
"Um, may I come inside?"
"...Ah."
Mayor was standing there wearing a dark-blue chemise, bashfully flushing her cheeks red.
While surprised I let Mayor into the room and quietly closed the door.
Mayor, who had appeared in the chemise that she would normally wear under her nun habit, pulled my hand and led me to the sofa.
When I sat on the sofa Mayor also sat beside me while still holding my hand, looked at me with moist eyes, and spoke.
"There is a continuation to the words Nitchi said."
"A continuation...?"
"Yes. For a lifetime, until death, even in death... and even if reborn. That is the meaning of ’a lifetime.’ That... truly, nnuu!?"
In order not to let Mayor say the continuation of the words, I brought my face close and kissed her lips.
I kissed the lips that had a faint sweet taste many times as if touching them.
At first she opened her eyes wide in surprise, but as I kissed her many times she gradually closed her eyes and wrapped both arms around my neck.
I also wrapped both arms around Mayor’s waist and pulled her close, pressing so that her breasts were crushed against my body.
"Nn, fuuun, nnu, funnuuun, chuu... Haaa"
"It’s something I could only wish for, Mayor."
"Ah... happy, I’m happy..."
At the words I spoke after pulling my face away, Mayor opened her eyes, melted her face, and smiled happily.
Mayor buried her face in my neck and murmured into my ear bashfully, yet as if seeking.
"Today... I want you to sleep together with me."
Instead of answering with words, I kissed her once more, smiled, and nodded.